RE: MD The intellectual mess cleared up.

From: platootje@netscape.net
Date: Thu Jul 07 2005 - 08:00:16 BST

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    "Matt Kundert" <pirsigaffliction@hotmail.com> wrote:

    >Reinier,
    >
    >This is just a gentle rebuke. Your comment that the "MOQ and SOM are both
    >theories concerning metaphysics" and are at the intellectual level is
    >question-begging to Bo because that is just what is at issue between Bo and
    >others, like you, me, and Paul (and Pirsig, Anthony, etc). What we need are
    >more intensive arguments and explanations of why Bo's (or our's, for that
    >matter) reasoning or assumptions are wrong. Like the assumption that
    >Pirsig's insight in ZMM was that SOM was created in Greece. I think that's
    >an ambiguous point, which can be taken in a wrong or right way as stated.
    >Or Paul's argument that just because a level starts somewhere doesn't mean
    >its defined by its start. We don't need position statements at this point
    >(those will sort themselves out later), we need to undermine the arguments
    >and interpretations being offered in support of those positions.
    >
    >Matt
    >

    Okay, I stand corrected.

    Kind regards,
    Reinier

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